30Proverbs 30

1The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal,Select Proverbs 30:1

2Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.Select Proverbs 30:2

3I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.Select Proverbs 30:3

4Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you can tell?Select Proverbs 30:4

5Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him.Select Proverbs 30:5

6Add you not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.Select Proverbs 30:6

7Two things have I required of you; deny me them not before I die:Select Proverbs 30:7

8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:Select Proverbs 30:8

9Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.Select Proverbs 30:9

10Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.Select Proverbs 30:10

11There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.Select Proverbs 30:11

12There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.Select Proverbs 30:12

13There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.Select Proverbs 30:13

14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.Select Proverbs 30:14

15The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough:Select Proverbs 30:15

16The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that says not, It is enough.Select Proverbs 30:16

17The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.Select Proverbs 30:17

18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:Select Proverbs 30:18

19The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.Select Proverbs 30:19

20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.Select Proverbs 30:20

21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:Select Proverbs 30:21

22For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat;Select Proverbs 30:22

23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.Select Proverbs 30:23

24There be four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise:Select Proverbs 30:24

25The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;Select Proverbs 30:25

26The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;Select Proverbs 30:26

27The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;Select Proverbs 30:27

28The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.Select Proverbs 30:28

29There be three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going:Select Proverbs 30:29

30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any;Select Proverbs 30:30

31A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.Select Proverbs 30:31

32If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth.Select Proverbs 30:32

33Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.Select Proverbs 30:33